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Interviews with the
President.
THE iron and steei. association?Til kir
Interview with the president.
Pursuant to a resolution adopted at
the meoting of the American Iron ana I
Steel-Association, itie members of that
body met at AVillard's 011 the 1st inst.,
preparatory to calling upon the President
. of the United States and the Secretary
of the Treasury.
INTERVIEW WITII THE PRESIDENT.
The members of the Association proceeded
to the Executive Mansion, and
being admitted, were introduced by Mr.
Ward, who spoke as follows:
Mr. President, I have the pleasure to
introduce to you the direct representatives
of the manufacturers of iron and
steel in the United States. They represent
the immediate interests of more
than one hundred and fifty thousand laboring
men, who, with their families,
represent a population of over seven
hundred and nfty thousand souls, or
more than the whole population of Cincinnati,
Chicago and St. Louis. We
are here, Mr. President, in the hope of
Inducing Congress to foster our efforts
and to protect us against European competition
; until such time at least as Ave
can protect ourselves. We believe that
within a very feAV years the Southern
States will commence the Avork of getting
out and bringing into active use their
iron coal and copper which abounds with
such profuseness throughout their territory.
We believe, Mr. President, that
the Southern States are as full of wealth
as the Northern, and that time will de
velopo their resources.
The Southern States have now at
least two millions of poor whites that
could and should be converted into miners
and manufacturers, and at one dollar
per day each of the aggregate of one
year's industry alone would be not less
than six hundred million dollars, a sum
which would soon tell upon the prosperity
of the country.
Entertaining these opinions, we met
together last evening and passed some
resolutions expressing our views in rcf
erence to the laboring interests of the
country, and l nave the honor to present
you with a copy of the same.
Mr. Johnson replied as follows:
Gentlemen :?All I can say, and all,
perhaps, that it is prudent for me to say
_j il Jl. _ J T _ _ _ _ _V _1
at mis ume, is mat x ani very niucn ouliged
to you for calling upon mo, and
thank you for tho compliment, I sympathize
"with you to the utmost extent in
what you purpose to undertake and to
perform, and I might say that my whole
life has been directed toward ameliorating
the condition of the masses of tho
people. Every effort of my life has tended
in that direction. Whether I have
been correct or not is for others to de
termine, and must be left with timo. I
am gratified to meet you here, and I
sympathize in the labors of your undertaking;-but
while you aro engaged in
adopting plans and schomes that may
result in building up and strengthening
the manufacturing interests of tho country,
you should be equally engaged and
interested in developing and restoring
the principles of the Union and the Government,
which I think should be the
^ precursor of what you are undertaking.
. ' The restoration of our people would
2' ^ v _ini x?i. x
? uv uiiw ui me greatest protections to otir
home industry that could bo given. Our
currency has reached- a point of great
inflation. Many aro apprehensive that
we cannot, stand under such an enormous
circulation of currency, and yet
are fearfhl that if we attempt to contract
we shall he reduced to bankruptcy. All
our serves should be directed to preserving
the currency and preventing expansion
on the one hand, and bankruptcy
and revulsion on the other.
It seems to me that in this work,
which affects five manufacturing, agricultural,
and mining interests of the
country, the first thing to be dono is to
labor for a restoration of the Government
If we could enlarge the area in which
our currency is to circulate?increase
the number of hands in which it is to
~ -.1 1.1 T -i
jkvoo?Diiuuju, uurrusponumgiy give il
a sounder basis without talcing out one
dollar from the circulation. By restoring
tlie Government and the industrial
products of the South, wo thereby widen
the area of circulation, and along with
it bring into the markets of the country
millions of tobacco and cotton.
This is a very important item, and
would strengthen the country and in.
crease the demand for all manufacturing
productions. It seems to me that
the most powerful stimulus that could
be given to these interests would be to
restore our Government. It would increase
the demand fur manufactured articles
of all kinds. By restoring the
oountry yon increase its ability to pay
taxes. You could leave the present rata
of tariff as it is, if you could take away
this internal revenue tax. By getting
rid of this internal revenue tax you
would correspondingly increase your
protection to manufacturing and agri<
altural interests. I think that as last
ns we can we should get awav from these
internal taxes that now test so heavily
iipoll tho industrial products of the coun- i
try. Anything 1 can do 1 will do that
will tend to strengthen the resources of
our country. I sympathize with you, i
feint I trust and hope your efforts will
succeed and extend as our country is restored
and peace returns. t
To these remarks Captain Ward responded
: ]
We believe, Mr. President, that tho
constant drain upon us and our resources
is the vast importations that come
from England. We believe that that
drain will produce very disastrous results
unless the present tariff is increased.
So far as tho currency is concerned,
if it is greatly reduced wc believe it
will result in disaster and bankruptcy.
Mr. Johnson: As I have remarked, if
we restore the Government, and thus increase
the demand for articles, our currency
will be placed upon a firmer ba
sis. I think this does away with all argument
for a diminution of the amount
of circulation.
But theTe is one tiling of paramount
consideration. Let ue have-a Government.
Let us have a united people;
then we have got a Government.
Mr. E. B. "\Vard. Mr. President, we
are all laboring under the belief that we
have a Government.
Mr. Johnson. Then let us have a
whole Government. Then we have got
a wider area for everything to be carried
on in.
The several members of the Association
were then respectively introduced
to the President by Captain "Ward, and
immediately thereafter retired.
THE COMMITTEE FItOM THE MEETING
HELD IX DALTIMOItE.
The President was waited upon on (
the 1st instant by a committee of gentleman
bearing the resolutions of the
immense meeting held in Baltimore, to <
sustain him in the general policy of his
administration.
Lieutenant-Governor Cox addressed
the President substantially as follows: 1
Wo come sir, as representatives of a <
monster mass meeting assembled in tho ]
city of Baltimore, tlirough tho almost i
spontaneous act of the people, on the i
night of the 2Gth of February, to endorse
your policy and sustain your
administration. In the State of Maryi
j n l! .1 ???
iaiia nil pui Li.ua ujlu xiiuigmi m muu
grand party to sustain the course of the
Executive, and we can give you full assurance
that no State contains -within .
its borders more of your friends. Incredible
as it may seem, unheard of before
as it is, without any preparation at
all, and at a timo only a few months
removed from the bloodiest civil war
on record, the .people assembled in a
monster meeting, spontaneously, to endorse
you.
It was thought expedient?it was
ilumght neooeeary to givo SOniO such
public encouragement, through "the
masses, that the President might bo
strenghtened. Loving the Union?reveling
the Constitution, wo extend to
you a cordial support, believing that
this Government never had a firmer
friend or a stouter champion than yourself.
Your theory of the relation of the
States to the General Government, the
great principle that thoro should be lio |
taxation without representation, your
firm and unswerving maintainanco of
tlie Constitution in its integrity?your 1
prompt and timely intervention to pre- J
vent a monstrous" measure being fastened
upon tlie country?your thorough- (
ly American and patriotic utteronces on 1
the 22d February, each and all meet 1
a hearty endorsement by the people of
Mar}*land. You, sir, proved yourself
"master of the situation." You have
performed deeds of lofty and noble heroism,
and are fully sustained by the
people. We tender you, sir, the resolutions
adopted by tlie meeting of which
we are the representatives.
The President then replied to the
Committee substantially as follows:
I can make no speech further than
say my policy is before the country. It
is not the result of impulse, but the re- i
suit of a conviction that it is the principle
upon which the Government was
founded. It is before the country, and
it will continue to bo. I say this to
give assurance tnat tne u-overnment
will be administered on that policy, and
I do not say it menacingly. It is believed
that the safety of the Government
rests upon thoso principles. -I am
not insensible to the compliment you
pay me by this visit. That man's heart
and mind must indeed be barren not
to be deeply impressed by such assurances
of thi* people's support. This
compliment is peculiarly gratifying to
mo. ?T. believe that the country will 1>g
restored to its normal condition of prosperity
and harmony.
I entered tho contest, expressing the.
same views I do now, and I stand now
as I did then, by the Union and the
Constitution, not having swerved a hair's
breadlh. It is said that if a President
be elected by a party and abandon that
party, lie is Tylerizcd?and much abuse
and taunts liavo been uttered. Thoso
things have 110 etl'cct on me. My only
work is the restoration of the country
?tin; thorough reconciliation and harmony
of the nation. "We are steadily
accomplishing our work. Wo hnvo
seen families who were divided amongst
themselves, and had considerable dissension
amongst them?but wo soo them
all afterwards harmonized, and living
j in peace and friendship. So it will be
| with us. If wo can do this, I think it
| something to bo proud of, and not to
j be taunted. It will come right in tho
| end, notwithstanding opposition'. On
j this matter, extremists of both sections,
j while pursuing different moans, labored
I steadily to tin; accomplishment of tho
1 same cud?the destruction of the Union.
Si- far a's the dissolution of the Union
was concerned one is as bad as the other.
When the rebellion is put down,and
we find a party for consolidation
and concentration, it is the same spirit
as rebellion, and leads to tho same end,"
tho destruction of the Government. I
desire nothing but to effect this reconciliation
thoroughly. When I can do
this I can exclaim with full heart " I
have reached the summit of my ambition."
I have no other ambition. My
only object is to restore the Union to its
full and reconciled normal condition.?
Then my work will ho done. I thank
you, gentlemen, for this mark of your
countenance and support.
Tho Committee were then introduced
to the President, and after a moments
chat withdrew.
n?pga* ' -r-nn rii.H i i J_ ?
CAMDi;Ws FRIDAY, MAR. 16.
W. T. Walter, of the firm of Dehbeo
& Walter, (factorage and commission njer
cuani*,j is uio omy amnomeu ugeni ior urn
Camden weekly Journal lor Colnmbin, S. C.
Kg* Col.Twos. P.. Slidrr, is the onlyauthorized
agent of the Camden Journal for4be
city of Charleston. Ho' may bo found at pie
Mills house in that city. 1
The Army and Navy Journal says that 70,000
Confederate soldiers are buried in Holy
wood and Oakland Cemeteries,-near Richmond,
Va. .. . j
Selling oir at Cost.
By reference to advertisement in another column,
it will be seen that Mr. P. H. Moore offers
to the public his present stock of dry ?Oodp,
boots, shoes, &c., at cost prices. "
In the late civil war, 220 battles were fongllt
In Virginia 80, Tennessee 87, Missouri 87,
Georgia 12, South Carolina 16. North Carolina
11, Alabama 7, Florida 5, Kentucky 14, tjie
Tndian Territory and New Mexico, one each.
There were also seventeen naval engagements.
Slrauss, Vance*, <Jfc Co.
We call the attention of our merchants and
o hers desirous of purchasing fine dry goods
or fancy notions to the large stock constantly
kept on hand in the wholesale storehouse of
the above named importing firm. Ko 130
meeting street, Charleston, S. C.
The 5oiitlicr.il Cultivator.
We have received the March number of this
valuable agricultural monthly, published jn
Athens, Ga., by Messrs Redmond & White.
The publishers of the Cultivator have long enjoyod
the confidence of Thousands of farmers
and plauters who are leaders of this moit'excellent
rural monthly. Terms $2,00 per. annum.
Goo II. Walter.& Co.
By rcfereuco to ndvertisemont persons desirous
of securing a responsible and efficient
factor, will seo that in the persons of Messrs.
Walter A VcCorjiick, Charleston, S. C., their
want can readily be euppTe l. This' house jjiv^s
utid o ttbtcd voforeneo. A branch of the 9KhC
firm is located in Columbia, which will no
doubt greatly facilitate the transportntiori of
goods from any given point.
The Wadesboro (N C.) Argn.i says: "Rev.
FT. C. Parsons departed this lite at J* is r?siin
this town on Monday last, just at sunset.
Last Spring it was his misfbrtuno to fall into
the hands of some of the "Bummers'' of Sher*
m m's army when itpassed through thisection,
and upon the supposition that he hadcinfjoaled
plate, &c., ho was subjected to very
rouglt, coarse treatment, to toiako him revealjt.
ritis treatment, acting on an already weak and
Jclica.'c constitution, caused his health to foil
ipiite rapidly, and a few weeks since he took
Ills bed, linally, only to lcavo it a corpse."
Meetings arc being held in all parts of the
sountry to express the popular will in support
of President Johnson's Administration, ar. Renounce
th.: efforts of Sum.ver disunion faction
to destroy the Government. We cannot notice
all. so it must suffice to say that the people?
not the fa tin tics who control the States?
throughout the north mid West are giving un^ualilied
evidence of their devotion to the Constitution
und of their determination to support
the Executive. Tuad. Stevens will soon hctir
a louder earthquake than the one that stanled
him in the Capitol recently.
Daily 7'ttil Facilities <o be Discontinued.
"VVj^iavc been credibly .informed that it,is
tho^feniun of Mc3srs. DobV*& McI'owalUo. '
discontinue running their daily lino of hacks,
from this place to Sumter,"* after the preset
week,; _ and the'cause assigned is the Jwmt,of
patronage. These gentlemen have been affording
a daily through travel' to and from this
place to Charleston and intermediate stations,
regularly for the past six months?often, too,
without freight or passongcr?that our citizens
aud the traveling public might incur no dcloijp.
The Citizens of Camden and tho district have
also been furnished by the'eo gentlemen witlra
daily Northern and Southern mail, thereby
facilitating the business transactions of our
merchants with the mercantile community .of
Charleston and other of tho larger cities,
and that, too. without any guarantee of bplhig
at all remunerated for the servico rendered.
mere are lew, u any, in our iowu aim viouny
who will not feel the inconvenience attending
the withdrawal of this daily lino.
Could not the merchants and iiiany others,
who arc directly interested in this matter get up
a subscription sufficiently large to induco these
gentleman to continue this lino ? "We feel confident
that all of our mercantile community and
somcot/ers would respond liberally rather
than liavo this line discontinued.
English Female Detctives in IreLand.?The
British Government lias re
cently employed a large number of verv
modest looking yeung English ladies to
travel in Ireland and pay particular attcnlion
to the conversations going on in the
cars, steamboats, hotels/etc. It was do-.
lievel by the authorities'that Stephens
would be arrested through the exertions
of these women detectives.
Juniei I.ouIn jPetifTrU
We have received from S. G. Courtekay,
of Charleston, a "Memoir of JAMES
LOUIS PETIGfeft If W.J. Grayson"?a
neat little volume gotten up in
tfarpers' best style.
AsVe open the volume our eyes rest
upon a complete connterfeitpresentmentof
Mr.k?eticru, the long flowing locks of rich
brown hair, the high, broad expansive
forehead, tho heavy brow, the
bright, merry twinkling eyes?the lips
compressed as if in preparation for nU
tcrance of words that never fail to hit
their mark?the prominent wide
chin, all bring before us this loved and
honored man, and wc gaze upon him,
lost in memories of the past, until we
almost fancy we sec that expressive wag
e 1_;_ l .1 ?i .1
ging 01 ui8 ijouib iieau, mat ?mngging
of those shoulder* tlmt added so
much to nil that his peculiarly reaching
voice ever uttered ; we dwell long and
with delight upon this picture, and might
well have stopped then, for it was the
first and the last pleasure which the book
afforded."
The motto of the Book is "Faithful
found among the faithless, faithful only
he,", and the whole preface reminds us
forcibly of " Old Mortality," who, in rechiseling
the eulogies on the tombs of
the slain covenanters took good care to
deepen the anathemas, engraved thereon,
of their enemies.
Mr. Petigutt, in these preparatory papers
is represented as repelling persecution
with scorn and defiance. How
untrue and how unjust both to him and
the people of the state! "With all her
sons South Carolina has been liberal
and indulgent in matters of opinion.?
Whom has she ever more delighted to
honor than the great and lamented 0'xeall
? Who during a long life of high
position was opposed to the policy of the
State?and the very subject of this memoir
was continuod in a highly honorable
and lucrative official position by the
very people whom the getters up of this
book would have us believe he "scorned.''
"These People," as little appreciate !Mr
1'ETiGnu as tney do tne community in
which, lie lived. It is true Mr. Petigku
was always opposed to the policy ol
his native State, but he loved her and
Wed her people, while they admired his
groat talents, esteemed his high character
and loved the, lofty, pure, genial
man. "All this thes^prdface writers^fti
there are several of them, seem incapable
of appreciating; but wo intended
briefly to notice the book, and are devoting
ourselves to the preface.
'M r. Grayson has written a graceful,
affectionate tribute to a noble friend,
.itul hns givetfpome facts in detail in tbc
history of Mr. Pbtigku whicli were not
universally knownj; but he utterly failed
to reproduce Mr. Pktighu. There was
so much of action in all that the subject
nf iliio m/tnmir dirl nr ennkp tliftf nn dp.
v.. ....... ............ r?- ?
scription or recital will ever convey an
adequate conception cfhim or his works.
No one could knor" or appreciate James
L. Petigru who have not seen him and
beard him face to face ; but Mr, Grayson
we think feil far short of the possible.
It is true that all the anecdotes of Mr.
rETiaitu, of which there are many, lose
their point and force from the absence
of the great original. Put Mr. Grayson
was neither copious nor happy in
the selection of these anecdotes?anecdotes
of a prominent man live because
they are illustrative of what is dee mod
admirable and characteristic in him, and
there are many extant of Mr.' Pktigru,
which, though losing much in their recital,
yet better illustrate many of his
characteristics than Mr. Grayson has
done.
Mr. Grayson was an amiable and estimable
man, of somo literary excellence,
a gcntlemnn of high character and lofty
traits, but whatever eminence these preface
writers, who have exhumed this memoir
from his "scraps of papers" may
give him, we do not^think, hi3 political
logic will gain much reputation from
such a nan $cquittlr as is to be found in
these words: "The protective principles
of the tariff 'had been supported and
urered in the first Conaress of the
o w
United Statc^. The CoDgress 1789, by
Southern delegations, by Burke of South
Carolina; Jackson, of Georgia; Macon,
of the old North State, and Madison, ol
Virginia?by the men who had been
foremost in forming the Federal Constitution
and urging its adoption. The protective
Principles have been maintained
apd saved from the attacks of the northern
commercial interest by Mr. Caliioun
in lSl6. To call the tariff unconstitutional
Was therefore absurd." Shade of
Thorxwell defend us! The "tariff"
constitutional, not for any reasons given,
bnt because certain individuals at certain
times and certain other times had "sup
ported," "maintained" and "saved" tho
protective principle.
Wc ncrcT did subscribe to the dot'
triue of nullification. This same old
Journal was a Union paper in 1832 j
but we do not hesitate to say our argument
against niffiification is not given
in the above quotation.
Surely as good an argument in support
of his religion could be framed by
tho Fire worshipper, or the Buddhist.
We would not willingly say a-harsh
word of Mr. Grayson's booh, though it
comes to us in bad company, and the
bearers of it throw stones at us and call
us bad names; but wo think justice to
the great subject of the memoir requires
that a dissent should be given to some
of Mr. Grayson's positions, and a protest
entered against the frame in which tho
TMctiiTA is nlfuWl. Surelv the noble. f*en
r ? x v ' o?
erous, grateful heart of Pstigku in contemplating
what his friend and biographer
describes as the unparelled course of
this State in elevating him " absolutely
opposed to her creed," to important and
lucrative positions, would never have approved
what liis friend says on the subject.
" It says much for the man's abil"
ity and character, and something too, for
the magnanimity and judgment of tho
people." The italics are ours.
Congressional Procee clings.
Washington, March 8,1866.?In the
Senate to-day resolutions were offered
declaring that to Congress and not to
the Executive belongs the power of reestablishing
civil Government in the
lately seceeded States.
In the House, pending the discussion
of the Congressional Amendment, Mr.
Boutelle, from the Select Committee on
Reconstruction, made a report signed
byhiinself and by Mr. Washburno"; of
Illinois, stating that East Tennessee i8
loyal, but that Middle and West Tennessee
is disloyal* and,' proposing as an
additional condition to the admission
of the State, that the right of suffrage
should be conferred on all persons without
distinction of race or color.
The Bill declaring all black persons
to be citizens, and conferring on them
equal rights and immunities together
with power for their protection, was debated.
Chicago, March 8, 1866.=?The Reprtbli&fopka.a
a telegram from Cincinnati
stating that a private dispatch from an
. entirely reliable source at Washington,
has been received there (Cincinnati) to
the effect that Secretary Stanton will
soon resign, and General Steadmnn has
accepted the position.
Washington, March 9.?In the Uni:
Senate thg ^Constitutional
"Amendment apportioning repratfritation !
among lbe States, was discussed. Mr.
Henderson, of Missouri, offered a substitute,
that no State presenting qualifications
for voters, shall discriminate on account
of color or race. He said his own
State will give negro suffrage, and that
1 the South will be compelled to do so in
f five years. The substitute was disagreed
: to, and the original:resolution was then
t rejected b\ * vote ffF twenty five to twen
. ty-two? Sumner aud other Radicals vo
ting against it.
In the United States Uonsc of Representatives,
the bill securing civil rights to
all persons, without regard to color, in all
the States, was referred back to the Judiciary
Committee. Many Repub.ieuns
ilicorrrna an +r\ *Iio nnnefifntinnnl nn?'nr trt
UlOUgtbW ?n uv mv VVM?ViVHb*VMI?i ?, v ' v? ?W
pass the bill iti its present shape, belicv
ing that it will invade, to too great an ex-*
tent, the rights.ofthe States.
A Committee of the Maryland Legislature
yesterday presented the President
the resolutions adopted by that body, ap
proving his policy, The Kentucky delegation
also presented the proceedings of
a meeting at Frankfort endorsing tbe veto,
message. The President, in response to
both delegations, reiterated his determination
to defend the Constitution against
all attacks from whatever quarter received.
From Milledoevile.-Mill?:dgeville
March 6, 1866.?Governor Jenkins vetoed
the Stay Law, on the ground of unconstitutionality.
The Senate afterwards
passed it over the veto by a vote of 27
to 7.
?
Frightful Effect of Absinthe.
A correspondent relates the following
strange story of the horriblo effect of
absinthe winch was recently presented
before the Paris Courts:
i_ -i- T
A " strange spectacle 01 uie uumuic
effects of absinthe -was recently presented
before the Paris Courts. A negro
only 37 years of age was arraigned; he
seemed to be at least 80, and a complete
idiot; liis vacilitating eyes wandered
restlessly and listlessly over the audience,
his emaciated hands and his lips
quivered with nervous trembling. He
: was sixteen years in the Postoflice and
rose to a high post when tho demon of
absinthe took possession of him, and ho
began to steal for stealing's sake. lie
stole objects of no value, and ho stole
so much that when liis house was searched,
the objects found filled two hundred
and twenty-two boxes, each as much as
a man could cany."
, General Joe Johnston employs about
five hundred of his late Confederate soli
dicrs in tho repair of the Orange and
1 Alexandria Kail Road. As they became
familiar with the pick and spade
in the intrcuehments, they work with
knowledge, and are glad to obtain a liv
uig in this way.
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A- Revexend Blasphemed
The WasLinjjlon correspondent of the"
Cincinnati Enquirer, under date Fcbrua-'
ry 21st, says: " The prn^crsof thechop-*
lain of the House, Mr. BoyntoH', for. the' '~part
two days -lmve been, curiosities irf '
their way; not exactly dictations to* the
Almighty, but rather mild, insinuating
suggestions and hints. Uufortunntcly,"
they were not noted down by the phono^
graphic reporters. Certainly, Mr. Boyn-T
ton exhibits 'emit ent qualifications for
preaching (or rnthor praying) politics.^ ;
With uptnrneJ eyes and clasped handf
he sent up this morning the following pe*'
tition to the Throne of Gramr, as nearly
as I can recollect: " We thank thee, oh'
God, that the great issues of the day aref .
assuming that form that it is no longer %
a question of this party or that party, but
of'who is on the Lord1* side." WethanJc
thee that Congress stands firmly unitccr
on the right side. We thank thee that wd'
are not as other menj and furthermore, w?f
tuana thee that other men are not as w<?
are. "There is Imt one God, and Thadf
Stephens is his propheti Just think of
Thad. Stephens being God's vicar on earthy
or of the Almighty being one of the r^nlf
i and file in a Radical caucus.'"?.v
Stonewall Jackson'rf
Daughter"
SpeakiDg of the only living e'scioQ
the late Stonewall Jackson, a writer in
the Richmond Enquirer says :
"She is a bright little cherub, 'sbon?
three years old, with fair hair, blue eyes :;i.
and a complexion of mingled iillies and
roses?the Iillies, however, greafly pre*
dominating, although, perhaps, she docs
not look very robust. She. wore a Maria
Louise bine ms-ino, trimmeid with nar-'
row black velvet ribbon edged with white,/
Her little cloth cloak was of a light drab'
color, ornamented with hands of silk and'
faricy buttons, ller bat was of English*
straw, trimmed with blue velvet and blue,
and white feathers. A tippet and muff'
of ermine completed the costume of the'
little lairy, and she looked as euchauting*'
as any mother's darling need look. She'
was borne in the arms of a colored nurse!
of whom she seemed very fond, and to I
whom she was prattling witli exuberant*
gavcty. The dark eyed, sad looking lady '
who followed her iu widow's cap audi
garb of deepest mourning completed the*
picture of sunshine and shadow."
A Circular from General
Howard in regard tofthje
-m mr a wr-i _ n '
marriage oi rTeeamen. v
Washington, March 5.?Gen;. Howard
has issued a circular letter to the c.v.
Assistant Commissioners of the Freedmen's
Bureau, gpring instructions lor .
dealing with, the question
among-the freed people. -. ^Ehey are to't&Tiiarriage
and divorceof^whitepefc ~ 'T?
sons, and emhody^heir^for the benefit : ^
of the freedmen as fiij^s can be done
in a circular, .and desiring them to frame
such a system of marriage rule as would
be approved by "the State authorities,
with the formal approval of the Governor
ou the subject appended.
m ?^ ??
Robbery of the Southern
Express.
Last Friday night, the wagons of the
Southern Express Company, while on
their, way from lilackviUe to Johnson's
Turnout, were attacked by a party of wliito
men at White Pond. The robbers
stole four mules belonging to Mr. H. C.
Mosely, and rifled the contents of the
wagons. The extent of the loss wo have
not learned, but we are ha ppy to state
that the mules have been recovered, one
of the robbers arrested and another shot.
Thio id flio coma V\OT4V ArhA (tfnlA frPTt
eral King's horses near this city, a few
months since. The breaking up of thin
gang of highway robbfTs is a great bles- .
sing to aur people.?Augusta Constitutionalist,
1th irnst.
Interesting New Orleans
Items.
New Orleans, March 8.?General
Longs! rcet lias been elected President of*
the Great Southern and Western AccU'
dent Insurance Company. .
Genera! Dick Taylor has leased from1
the State the new canal connecting the
upper part of New Orleans with the Lakc^? ^ .
for ?750,000, payable- in annual install
ments.
General Scott is still here, and' not at'
Pensacola, as reported.
Recruiting foa the Liberal army is gov
ing on.
The veto to the Freedmen's Bill had
arrested the contcmDlatcd emigration of
a large number of Texans to foreign couYS*
tries.
J C * ' ,
The NeW York Herald, of the 5th insta?
says: "We learn that the old veteran and
patriot General Scott, who is at present in
New Orleans, unhesitatingly endorses al*
that President Johnson uttered in hiV
speech on the 22 ult. The staunch old
soldier oxpresscs the hope that ho will*
yet soe the North and South more firmly
bound togcthor than ever, and tnat to effect
this President Johnson has adopted
the only true and proper course.-'*
The London Times &nhoUhces that
Mr. Peabody, the itn>erican banker,
lias increased his previous munificient
donation for the benefit of the London
poor by an other ?100,000, making a
total gift of ?250,000. The Times says
the amount of the gift, though not perhaps
its most admirablo characteristic,
is of itself sufficient to render any expression
of gratitude insignificant. It^
is, probably, the most splendid act ofmunificence
on record. #